Changing Table / Dresser

I have an upcoming granddaughter due in October. I made the Wood magazine crib in June, but everyone’s made that one. They are great plans and the project went together well.

Then I designed the dresser/changing table to go with it. It matches nicely and was inspired by the design of the crib (and resembled the plans which I didn’t buy)

Since my daughter lives in Minnesota, and I live in Seattle, I had to ship it, so I also built a crate. Ok, the crate’s not that interesting, but it was necessary to get it across the country. Don’t ask me how much the shipping costs were.

Congratulations to you and your family! Many folks may have already made this crib and dresser but I haven’t seen any that look quite as good as this one. I love the mixture of woods. What woods are those? I built a similar version of the crib and dresser in maple with a dark stain and was not happy. I’ve since vowed to do natural finishes only until i figure out staining a little better. Congrats again on both the new addition and build!

The woods are maple and walnut… Everything that was plywood was walnut, and all that was hardwood was maple. Well, except for the panels in the drawer fronts are 1/4” maple.

The finish is Boiled linseed oil, shellac, and then I sprayed on Enduro acrylic. I put on the full extension undermount slides. they added to the weight about 25 or 30 lbs

re: Plans, for the dresser, I printed the photo of the wood magazine project, and approximated the dimensions and just built it from there. no plans exist except for some very rough diagrams on the back of an envelope. If you want a copy of the envelope, let me know. The trickiest part was 2 horizontal side rails and cutting the notch to accommodate them as well as the miters on the tabletop

re: Shipping costs The dresser weighs 140 lbs, the crate was 50 lbs. I shopped UPS ground, moving companies (1000 lb minimum) and truck freight lines. I was getting costs of over $500 quoted from all these places. The trick was to call it “household goods” instead of furniture, and the rate is cheaper… though still not cheap. It was $320 to ship the dresser via YRC trucking